Play Z3 games with auto-mapping on Android!
About a year ago I created a Z-Machine ported engine in Godot. Then I came across this [awesome post](Play Z3 games with auto-mapping on your Mac! : zork) by u/djducat, where he added an automapper. Since he wrote it in swift there were no plans to release it for Android so that's when I stepped in.
UI changes that I had added to the Z-Machine are a hint button (can be turned on in settings) that show valid directions and objects you can interact with, all nouns are highlighted and can be clicked on to examine, other interactions you will have to type manually, a search feature that will take you to that exact message, multiple saves, an undo system, and font size/color setting.
These were all quality of life changes I felt these Z3 games drastically needed. If I had more space like a tablet I'd add a few verbs you could click as well but just not enough space on Android.
I had most of these UI additions already done, I felt like they were all things that could slightly bring these games into a better more modern UI system. But honestly the mapping function was something I had never thought of so massive kudos to u/djducat for the idea.
I have only tested it with a few of these games, and I have not gone through every single path with every single one so if you do come across specific bugs let me know. I've tried to work around some of the old known bugs in some of these systems but some still alude me.
Anyways I hope you enjoy these UI updates.
Google Play Link: Xyzzy: Interactive Fiction - Apps on Google Play